Group picture of participants in ELT M1 contracts ceremony in May 2017

The contracts to manufacture and polish the ELT primary mirror segments were signed on 30 May 2017 by ESO’s Director General, Tim de Zeeuw, and senior representatives of SCHOTT and Safran Reosc, a subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense, in the presence of key ESO staff members.

This group picture of the participants, from ESO and both companies, was taken in the grounds of ESO's Headquarters after the ceremony.